The Berkeley Police Review Commission examined and debated changes to the recent Berkeley policy on body-worn cameras and was informed about the Berkeley Police Department’s current hiring process at the commission’s regular Wednesday meeting.Read More…

Emails from within the Berkeley Police Department show that the department created a policy of publicizing the photos and personal information of arrested protesters, as first reported by Mic.Read More…

Sahana Matthews comes from a family of chemists. Both of her parents are chemists, her grandparents were chemists, her twin brother is studying chemical engineering at USC, but for Matthews, police accountability is her specialty.Read More…

Amid a departmentwide staffing crisis and an uptick in violent crime within city limits, the Berkeley Police Department, or BPD, now faces the prospect of more staff departures, with a reported 80 percent of current officers considering leaving the department, according to a survey conducted by the Berkeley Police Association, or BPA.Read More…

Berkeley’s Police Review Commission met Wednesday for the first time since July to ask questions about the aftermath of the Aug. 27 rally and discuss policies involving citizens’ rights to record police officers.Read More…

The city of Berkeley appointed three UC Berkeley students to city commissions Monday through a student empowerment campaign between UC Berkeley student groups and Councilmember Kriss Worthington.Read More…